JOHN SHARP

Microsoft Visual C# es un lenguaje simple, pero poderoso, con muchas de las mejores características de C++ y Microsoft Visual Basic, dando como resultado un lenguaje más lógico y más limpio. C# 3.0 disponible como parte de Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, agrega más características adicionales como métodos de extensión, cálculos lambda, y, la más famosa de todas, la habilidad del Language Integrated Query, o LINQ. Esta obra le enseñará los principios de la programación con C# 3.0 utilizando Visual Studio 2008 y la versión 3.5 de .NET framework. Con este libro tendrá un minucioso entendimiento de C# y aprenderá a construir aplicaciones Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), acceder a las bases de datos Microsoft SQL Server, desarrollar aplicaciones web ASP.NET y construir y consumir un servicio Windows Communication Foundation, entre otros muchos aspectos. Además, en el DVD-ROM adjunto, encontrará la versión de evaluación en castellano de Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2008 completamente operativa durante 90 días, así como los códigos de muestra que utilizará mientras realiza los ejercicios del libro.

Reclaiming fun as a meaningful concept for understanding games and play.Fun is somewhat ambiguous. If something is fun, is it pleasant? Entertaining? Silly? A way to trick students into learning? Fun also has baggageit seems inconsequential, embarrassing, child's play. In Fun, Taste, & Games, John Sharp and David Thomas reclaim fun as a productive and meaningful tool for understanding and appreciating play and games. They position fun at the heart of the aesthetics of games. As beauty was to art, they argue, fun is to play and gamesthe aesthetic goal that we measure our experiences and interpretations against.

Microsoft Visual C# es un lenguaje de programación sencillo pero potente, destinado sobre todo a los desarrolladores de aplicaciones que utilicen Microsoft .NET Framework. Hereda muchas de las mejores caracteristicas de C++ y de Microsoft Visual Basic, pero sin casi ninguno de sus anacronismos e inconsistencias; lo que da lugar a un lenguaje mas claro y logico. En este libro aprendera paso a paso a construir aplicaciones con Visual C# 2010 y Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0. Es una guia idonea para aquellos que cuentan con conocimientos basicos de programacion, quienes encontraran numerosos ejercicios y ejemplos practicos que les permitiran dominar todas las caracteristicas del lenguaje C# y crear aplicaciones y componentes para Windows.

Reclaiming fun as a meaningful concept for understanding games and play.Fun is somewhat ambiguous. If something is fun, is it pleasant? Entertaining? Silly? A way to trick students into learning? Fun also has baggageit seems inconsequential, embarrassing, childs play. In Fun, Taste, & Games, John Sharp and David Thomas reclaim fun as a productive and meaningful tool for understanding and appreciating play and games. They position fun at the heart of the aesthetics of games. As beauty was to art, they argue, fun is to play and gamesthe aesthetic goal that we measure our experiences and interpretations against. Sharp and Thomas use this fun-centered aesthetic framework to explore a range of games and game issuesfrom workplace bingo to Meow Wolf, from basketball to Myst, from the consumer marketplace to Marcel Duchamp. They begin by outlining three elements for understanding the drive, creation, and experience of fun: set-outsideness, ludic forms, and ambiguity. Moving from theory to practice and back again, they explore the complicated relationships among the titular fun, taste, and games. They consider, among other things, the dismissal of fun by game journalists and designers; the seminal but underinfluential game Myst, and how tastes change over time; the shattering of the gamer community in Gamergate; and an aesthetics of play that goes beyond games.

Every person has a story, a personal narrative that informs their life, their decisions, and their way of thinking. But did you know that it also affects the wiring of your brain? Renowned psychiatrist and professor at Harvard Medical School John Sharp, M.D., offers an eight-step process to discovering your unconscious narrative and using your new insight to eradicate the "false truth" that has been at the core of your self-sabotage. His unique approach integrates four core domains of applied psychologycontrol mastery theory, attachment theory, narrative therapy, and positive psychologywith his own research and professional experience to construct an insightful and soul-searching path to insight. Throughout his step-by-step process, Dr.Sharp provides:· The Sharp Focus to distill and emphasize important concepts· Quizzes to help you analyze your internal and external tendencies· First Impressions case studies from his professional practice· Awareness, insight, change, and narrative tools to facilitate your transformation· Gut Checks to help you figure out if you are ready to move on to the next step in the processDr. Sharps approach is simple and accessible, with the power to wield profound results. Through exercises, quizzes, thorough exploration of case studies, and clear guidance, you will be able to find your false truth, rewrite your story, and transform your life. Once you have flipped the switch of insight, nothing can hold back the light that shines from within.

Visual C# est lun des langages de programmation présents dans Visual Studio 2010 (aux côtés de Visual Basic, Visual C++ et Visual J#). Cet ouvrage vous guidera dans la découverte et lapprentissage de

How to confront, embrace, and learn from the unavoidable failures of creative practice; with case studies that range from winemaking to animation.Failure is an inevitable part of any creative practice. As game designers, John Sharp and Colleen Macklin have grappled with crises of creativity, false starts, and bad outcomes. Their tool for coping with the many varieties of failure: iteration, the cyclical process of conceptualizing, prototyping, testing, and evaluating. Sharp and Macklin have found that failureoften hidden, covered up, a source of embarrassmentis the secret ingredient of iterative creative process. In Iterate, they explain how to fail better.After laying out the four components of creative practiceintention, outcome, process, and evaluationSharp and Macklin describe iterative methods from a wide variety of fields. They show, for example, how Radiolab cohosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich experiment with radio as a storytelling medium; how professional skateboarder Amelia Brodka develops skateboarding tricks through trial and error; and how artistic polymath Miranda July explores human frailty through a variety of media and techniques. Whimsical illustrations tell parallel stories of iteration, as hard-working cartoon figures bake cupcakes, experiment with levitating office chairs, and think outside the box in toothbrush design (lets add propellers!). All, in their various ways, use iteration to transform failure into creative outcomes. With Iterate, Sharp and Macklin offer useful lessons for anyone interested in the creative process.Case Studies:Allison Tauziet, winemaker; Matthew Maloney, animator; Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, Radiolab cohosts; Wylie Dufresne, chef; Nathalie Pozzi, architect, and Eric Zimmerman, game designer; Andy Milne, jazz musician; Amelia Brodka, skateboarder; Baratunde Thurston, comedian; Cas Holman, toy designer; Miranda July, writer and filmmaker

Aprenda a crear aplicaciones .NET con la herramienta que Microsoft ha creado para los desarrolladores en Java: Visual J# .NET. Aumente sus conocimientos de Java y aprenda cómo crear potentes aplicaciones Microsoft Windows y aplicaciones distribuidas de alto rendimiento con Visual J# .NET en esta extensa referencia de Microsoft Press.

Mejore sus habilidades con Visual C# .NET, y comience a escribir aplicaciones para la plataforma Microsoft .NET. Este es un libro práctico que le guiará con manos expertas por todo lo fundamental, desde la sintaxis de C# a escribir y ejecutar componentes, servicios Web y aplicaciones. Trabaje a su ritmo siguiendo facilmente los distintos capitulos y ejercicios para aprender por su cuenta las tecnicas basicas. Y preparese para trabajar con ejemplos reales y buenas practicas de desarrollo con Visual C# .NET.Descubra como:* Declarar variables, definir metodos y construir sentencias.· Manejar y capturar excepcion.* Utilizar tecnicas orientadas a objetos como la herencia y la encapsulacion.* Administrar los recursos y utilizar el recolector de elementos no utilizados.* Desarrollar componentes con propiedades, indizadores y eventos.* Definir operadores para mejorar la usabilidad de las clases.* Crear componentes GUI y controles de usuario.* Acceder a origenes de datos utilizando ADO .NET.Incluye Cd-Rom.